Admission to the concert is free. This concert is presented as a part of the Murfreesboro Parks and Recreation Department.

Brentwood High School’s Randy Box, Lebanon High School’s Jon Rosenthal, White House High School’s Eric Scott and Rock Springs Middle School/Christiana Middle School’s Erich Zimmerman will lead the community concert band’s performance.

Box has been the director of bands at Brentwood High School since 1991. In December 2000 Mr. Box was listed in 50 Directors Who Make a Difference in School Band and Orchestra magazine, and he was selected as Williamson County Teacher of the Year for 2001. In July of 2008 Mr. Box was featured in the cover article of the Instrumentalist magazine and in February of 2010 he received a National Band Association Citation of Excellence for outstanding contribution to bands and band music. Under Mr. Box's direction the Brentwood band has performed for the MENC National Conference in Nashville in 2001, the 1995 and 2001 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parades in New York City, and were featured on country superstar Brad Paisley's hit "Online", from the Grammy-nominated album "Fifth Gear". The band also appeared with Paisley on the 2007 Country Music Association Awards broadcast on ABC-TV, reaching an estimated 30 million viewers. In 2001, Mr. Box was appointed one of the Music Directors of the Tennessee Ambassadors of Music, and has led this ensemble consisting of outstanding high school musicians on European concert tours in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009.

Rosenthal moved to Tennessee in June of 2009 after living in the Kansas City, Mo. area for about 10 years. Originally from Chicago, he grew up in the suburbs there and graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1994 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education. After teaching in the Chicago area for 4 years, Jon went to the University of Kansas and graduated in 2000 with a Master’s Degree in Wind Conducting. He then continued his teaching career in the Kansas City area. Currently, Jon is the Assistant Director of Bands at Lebanon High School and remains active as a composer/arranger and performer. He lives in Nashville with his wife, Melissa, and his two daughters, Addison and Carrie.

Scott is a member of the TVW’s trumpet section. He is in his fourth year as director of bands at White House High School. The band at White House have recently been finalists in State Division II, performed in Washington D.C., and received superiors at the National Adjudicator’s Concert Festival on the Atlanta Symphony Hall in 2009. Scott is a graduate of MTSU, where he graduated with honors.

Zimmerman is currently in his 20th year as a music educator in Middle TN. He began his teaching career in Sumner County, then transferred to Davidson County for 10 years, before moving to Rutherford County where he is currently the co-director of bands at Rock Springs Middle and Christiana Middle schools. In addition to teaching, Zimmerman remains active in performance, being a founding member of the Capitol Brass Quintet.

Prior to teaching, Zimmerman was a trumpet instrumentalist with the United States Navy Band, Washington, D.C. His tour of duty included a 1988 national tour and weekly concerts. He was also a freelance musician in the Washington, D.C. area.

The Tennessee Valley Winds is a nonprofit, all volunteer, self-supporting community band that has been providing quality musical performances since 1984.

The community band experience is unlike school or professional groups. Rarely do amateurs and professionals, young and old, get to work together. The opportunity to learn and grow is unique.

The director is more of a guide than an authority figure, and does not assign parts or solos. It is expected that all will help each other by offering suggestions and sharing. Friendships are born of shared work and musical enjoyment.

For more information about the Tennessee Valley Winds Community Band visit: tnvalleywinds.org.